Bio

Angela Cervantes is the award-winning author of several contemporary middle-grade novels published by Scholastic. Angela's debut, Gaby, Lost and Found, released in 2014, was named Best Youth Chapter book by the International Latino Book Awards and a Bank Street College of Education’s Best Book of 2014. Allie, First at Last followed in 2016 and received a starred-review from Kirkus Reviews. Angela's next novel, Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring, published in 2018, was named a Junior Guild Selection and included in Texas' prestigious Bluebonnet Master List for 2019-2020. Angela's latest middle-grade novel, Lety Out Loud, is a spin-off her first novel, Gaby, Lost and Found, and tells the story of Lety Muñoz, who takes over as shelter scribe at the Furry Friends Animal Shelter for the summer. Lety Out Loud has received two starred-reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal and been named a Kid's Indy Next Book for 2019. In addition to her own original novels, Angela authored the junior novelization for Disney/Pixar's animated-film, Coco.

When Angela is not writing, she enjoys conducting school visits and reading. Angela writes, reads and dreams from her home in Kansas City.

Career Highlights

Angela, with Las Poetas, opened for El Vez at the Grand Emporium in Kansas City in 2001.

Angela's short story, “Pork-Chop Sandwiches” is published in “Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul” in 2005.

Angela won third place for Creative Nonfiction in the 2007 Missouri Review’s audio competition for her story “House of Women.”

Angela’s short story “Ten Hail Marys” wins the Kansas City Voices Best of Prose Award (Whispering Prairie Press) for 2007.

In 2008, Angela was named one of Kansas City Star Magazine’s Emerging Artists

Angela read an excerpt from Gaby, Lost and Found,on the Unicorn Theatre stage for their “Women who write” exhibit in 2013

Gaby, Lost and Found is released by Scholastic on July 29, 2013

Allie, First at Last is published by Scholastic on March 30, 2016

Coco: The Junior Novel is published by Disney Random House on October 10, 2017

Angela attended the Hollywood premiere of the Disney/Pixar movie, Coco, on November 9, 2017.

Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring is published by Scholastic Press on March 27, 2018